What Not to Wear
December 30, 2009
I was looking at a picture of Ivana Trump wearing a strapless dress in a magazine the other day. Now, I don’t want to talk disparagingly about Ivana (lord knows she has had a rough life having been married to Donald Trump for all those years), but I have to say, her picture brought to [...]
Female Viagra
December 17, 2009
Who knew my crystal ball would be so clear? Last month’s predictions about sexual immortality for women are now just around the corner. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Flibanserin (so new my computer treats it with the same semantic nonchalance as Andropause) or Female Viagra could be on store shelves within two years, according to a [...]
Vanity is not just a Prince Protege’
December 2, 2009
At 47, I am not quite at the point of selling my soul, as Dorian Gray did, to preserve my looks. But let’s just say the option is on the table. For gay men, vanity is not a vice; it’s a virtue. As a budding homosexual in the early 1980s I was constantly reminded that [...]
Fifty Friendly Establishments
November 25, 2009
It is not always easy to find places to go out in New York (and I imagine in a lot of cities) where the crowd does not skew toward 20 somethings. To that end I’ve decided it might be helpful to list places where my friends (of a certain age) and I have gone to [...]
Fitting into my Genes
November 24, 2009
Somewhere deep in my solidly Celtic psyche is a wee, furrowed man who leisurely walks with a shillelagh out in the bog, surveying the gently rolling green hills while smoking his clay pipe and stealing a swig of poteen as the dew settles on the heather and the sheep graze in the distance. That’s how [...]
Cleaning for a Reason
November 19, 2009
If you know any women currently undergoing chemotherapy, there is a cleaning service that provides FREE housecleaning one time per month for 4 months while she is in treatment. All they have to do is sign up and have their doctor fax a note confirming the treatment. Cleaning for a Reason will have a participating [...]
Life Coach
November 19, 2009
I’m having trouble figuring out just exactly why so many people I know now have life coaches! I got an email the other day from a lovely friend who was forwarding on something from a person she referred to as her ‘life coach’. This person has a good head on her shoulders, always seems well [...]
5 Minute Face
November 2, 2009
Are you rushed in the morning as you try to get out the door looking good? Are you ready for a pulled together look that takes just 5 minutes? If so, check this out. The clock starts after you’ve washed your face and applied your moisturizer and sunscreen and yes, I mean sunscreen everyday no [...]
My Legacy
October 30, 2009
When I turned 40, my mother in law said I was reaching the ‘ 4th floor’ and she was on the ‘6th floor.’ I thought it was a cute metaphor. I was reaching a milestone at 40 but the experience was melancholy looking back at all I had accomplished and what still remained to be [...]
Help for ‘Mature’ Skin
October 28, 2009
Ok- it’s true. I accept that I have “MATURE” skin, but I don’t accept that I have to have skin that looks like my grandmother’s or what I remember her skin to look like! I guess it’s all about perspective. Whoever said 53 years of age is old? Well, I did when I was in [...]
A Warning From The Surgeon General
October 27, 2009
WARNING: Male Menopause may adversely affect the male thought processes and cause episodes of psycho-sexual schizophrenia.” Okay, so Surgeon General Regina Benjamen has not warned us against this phenomenon. Yet, nor has she or the medical community given the same level of consideration to this condition as it does to its female counterpart. (Perhaps they [...]
The Man Cave
October 26, 2009
Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to the first of a series of scribblings and hieroglyphics from the Man-Cave, the veritable doghouse of this website designed to provide you with insight into the biologically driven and less than complicated world of the male genus. Before going into any of the issues that this section will be dealing [...]
Don’t ‘Go’ Here – New Nadir in Pop Culture
October 23, 2009
By Ebenezette I thought rock bottom was reached when I was waited on by a waiter talking into his cell phone at the same time as he served; but I now have to state I’ve been subjected to a new low. The Fatty Crab was a hip little restaurant in the Meat Packing District that [...]
Some Advice for Working a Good Time
October 23, 2009
For an over-weight, middle-aged Jewish woman with a desk job, I have entirely too much fun. I just did something fabulous, and I’d like to tell you how. I ran the bar for Pines Party 2009 – a major gay circuit party. Over 2000 people, mostly shirtless guys, dancing on the beach for 8 hours. [...]
What I’ve Missed
October 12, 2009
I woke up the other day and realized I was fifty years old. Perhaps I haven’t been paying much attention but, how the hell did that happen? And the slight (alright alright, deep) wrinkles near my eyes?! Didn’t my face have the un-creased skin of a baby’s behind 2 weeks ago? It began to dawn [...]